Polyamide

What is Polyamide?

A condensation polymer made from a dicarboxylic acid and a diamine, in which the monomer units are joined by amide linkages, -CO-NH-; nylon is a synthetic polyamide and proteins are natural ones.

This definition is part of the Organic Chemistry chapter in Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry.

Concepts related to Polyamide

• –conh–
• nylon
• protein